FIGHTING THE LEVIATHAN

PUB. DATE

October 2015

SOURCE

Earth First! Journal;Fall2015, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the efforts of activists in the Pacific Northwest to block the Arctic drilling, with particular consideration on various small activist communities working together to fight oil industry company, Royal Dutch Shell PLCand Arctic drilling. It discusses topics including the nongovernmental environmental organization, Greenpeace International, direct action groups such as Rising Tide, and the Polar Pioneer, one of the drilling rigs of Shell.

The article details the operations of the Kullug oil rig set out by Royal Dutch Shell PLC from Alaska to Seattle, Washington on December 31, 2012. It notes that $200 million tow vessel has been used leaving from Dutch Harbor in Aleutian Islands. It mentions the occurrence of a storm which comes...

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including Kulluk rig of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, global warming, and energy independence for North America.

This article states with Royal Dutch Shell pulling out its drilling rigs from Chukchi Sea has halted expansion of Port of Nome, Alaska despite 2000 foot extension completed by Orion Marine and local authorities believe with deeper draft in Arctic Ocean shipping will increase in demand of minerals.

Reports that Shell is sponsoring the research to move the oil drilling rig from the surface to the seafloor. Information on a preliminary feasibility study and a conceptual design of the seabed drilling rig; Concept of the subsea drilling rig; Advantages of the seabed drilling rig.

The article explores the oil grounding facility Kulluk, a floating oil rig in the Gulf of Alaska that extracts oil in the Arctic Ocean owned by Royal Dutch Shell PLC. It notes that two pair of vessels headed to the seas led by Aiviq, a $200 million tow ship with 5444 horsepower engines which...

The article reports that the Greenpeace International has threatened the British government with legal action over oil exploration in Great Britain waters after taking over an oil rig in the Arctic region against sea drilling.

The article reports on the predicament of the 23 groups of international oil companies drilling for natural gas in the North Sea. Accordingly, two major drilling rigs had sunk in the North sea which interrupted operations and increased production costs. However, the British Gas Council had...

The article describes how over six million birds in the North Sea die annually after being disoriented by lights from oil and gas rigs. To resolve the problem, scientists recommended gas rigs to replace their traditional white lights with green ones. According to George Wintermans of Royal Dutch...